More than $1 billion spent on noncitizen hospital costs in fiscal 2025

(The Center Square) – Taxpayer-funded medical costs for noncitizens at Texas hospitals totaled more than $1 billion last year, according to newly released state data.

The data spans ten months in fiscal 2025, which goes from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. The data only includes visits and costs from November 2024 through August 2025.

It was released in compliance with an August 2024 executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to collect information on illegal foreign nationals who receive inpatient and emergency care at Texas public hospitals. It also requires HHSC to annually report all inpatient and emergency care costs incurred for illegal foreign nationals to the governor and state legislature in order for the state to seek reimbursement from the federal government, The Center Square Read Entire Article